Comparing Assessment Tools as Candidates for Personalized Nutritional Evaluation of Senior Citizens in a Nursing Home

Comparing Assessment Tools as Candidates for Personalized Nutritional Evaluation of Senior Citizens in a Nursing Home

Nutrition is an important health issue for seniors. In nursing homes, simple, inexpensive, fast, and validated tools to assess nutritional risk/status are indispensable. A multisurvey cross-sectional study with a convenient sample was created, comparing five nutritional screening/assessment tools an...

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Main Authors: Diogo Sousa-Catita, Maria Alexandra Bernardo, Carla Adriana Santos, Maria Leonor Silva, Paulo Mascarenhas, Catarina Godinho, Jorge Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
geriatric
aging
old age
nutritional screening
mini nutritional assessment short form
calf girth
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/4160

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